14. BYU Cougars

Selection committee ranking: No. 21. If you like watching teams make shots, you’ll love the Cougars. They’ve hung 90 points on Arizona, Iowa State, Kansas and Baylor, doing it with an intriguing mix of parts. The leading scorer, Richie Saunders, is a self-taught woodworker who speaks four languages; the point guard, Egor Demin, is a 6' 9" freshman from Russia; the post player, Keba Keita, has the biggest shoulders in the tournament. Can they guard well enough to go deep? Ceiling: BYU can rid itself of the label as the winningest program to never make a Final Four. Nightmare: VCU’s disruptive defense exploits the Cougars’ tendency for turnovers in a first-round upset. Everyone goes pro, including head coach and former NBA assistant Kevin Young.